1956 VFL Season Round 4: Collingwood v Footscray
This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1956 between Collingwood and Footscray during round four of the 1956 season of the Victorian Football League.
Collingwood hosted Footscray at Victoria Park.
Neil Mann captained the hosts with Jack Hamilton as vice-captain.
In the absence of Charlie Sutton, vice-captain Wally Donald captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Phonse Kyne and the visitors were coached by Charlie Sutton.
Collingwood (12.15.87) defeated Footscray (11.7.73).
Match Details
Season:
1956 VFL Season
Round:
Round 4
Teams:
Collingwood
v
Footscray
Date:
Saturday 5 May 1956
Time:
2:15 PM
Venue:
Victoria Park
Attendance:
29,818
Match Results
Outcome:
Collingwood
def.
Footscray
Score:
12.15.87 - 11.7.73
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collingwood | 3 | . | 1 | 10 | . | 6 | 10 | . | 6 | 12 | . | 15 | 12 | . | 15 | (87) |
| Footscray | 3 | . | 2 | 9 | . | 3 | 10 | . | 7 | 11 | . | 7 | 11 | . | 7 | (73) |
| Margin | FOOT by 1 | COLL by 9 | FOOT by 1 | COLL by 14 | COLL by 14 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Collingwood
Captain: Neil MannVice-Captain: Jack Hamilton
Coach: Phonse Kyne
Footscray
Captain: Wally Donald (acting)Coach: Charlie Sutton
Player Statistics
Collingwood
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Bromage, Keith | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 6 | Dorman, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 4 | Gray, Brian | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 7 | Greve, Bob | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 8 | Hamilton, Jack (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 18 | Hedt, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 23 | Jones, Bill | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 9 | Kingston, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 1 | Mann, Neil (c) | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 17 | Merrett, Thorold | ? | ? | 3 | ? |
| 20 | Richards, Ron | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 22 | Serong, Bill | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 29 | Sharp, Lerrel | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 5 | Smale, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 10 | Turner, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Twomey, Bill | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 25 | Twomey, Mick | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 31 | Waller, Neville | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 27 | Weideman, Murray | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 15 | Wylie, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 12 | 15 | |||
Footscray
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Box, Peter | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 19 | Buckley, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 27 | Clough, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Collins, Jack | ? | ? | 5 | ? |
| 18 | Dickson, Noel | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 29 | Dixon, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Donald, Wally (ac) | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Duffy, Roger | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 11 | Edwards, Arthur | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 24 | Gallagher, Jim | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 34 | Gilmore, Brian | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 25 | Henderson, Herb | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 1 | Kerr, John | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 4 | Letcher, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 21 | Porta, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 33 | Rawson, Don | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 9 | Ross, Don | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 31 | Ryan, Lionel | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 17 | Stockman, Ron | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Whitten, Ted | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 11 | 7 | |||